PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Aliquyam eu elitr stet duo amet dolor eos dolore eirmod duis in dolore dolor suscipit tempor tempor labore. Nonumy vel et erat clita ullamcorper et tempor ipsum dolor magna nonumy ipsum. Minim no sit tempor exerci nulla duo. Et elitr sadipscing et enim duo et amet delenit aliquyam lorem justo tincidunt clita kasd tempor eu. Amet stet tempor aliquam sit lorem sea voluptua duo iusto iusto sit gubergren consetetur dolor sadipscing dolore. Esse liber sit diam lorem lorem aliquyam dolor nonumy amet diam sit consequat elit laoreet ut. Accusam consetetur ut sed consetetur gubergren molestie lorem clita erat.
Est elitr lorem amet blandit. Vero sed eros no lorem hendrerit. Kasd eros invidunt dolores. Eos feugait ut erat te lorem sit dolor placerat labore nibh eirmod sadipscing et luptatum. Labore vero diam ut iriure ipsum dolores adipiscing sanctus dolore vulputate eos sed et laoreet et. Dolor sanctus velit dolore sea ut amet dolor eleifend consetetur odio molestie eirmod praesent ut elitr blandit. Dolor feugiat sit commodo at sea vero at et gubergren et clita lobortis nulla eros voluptua sed ea. Labore voluptua ut. Nonummy erat dolor magna ipsum blandit gubergren vulputate magna takimata sea ut et luptatum eos.
Sample Output H3
At dolor et. Volutpat possim liber diam et et quis. Ea dolore lorem et at dignissim clita est duis voluptua nisl voluptua assum sed iusto ea takimata facer. Sit ut sit no nulla sed amet rebum lobortis labore. Sea dolor duo magna et magna sea consectetuer stet amet lorem vel tempor lorem iriure diam.
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Sample Output H4
Sanctus sed ipsum eos diam gubergren imperdiet aliquam duo facilisis et ipsum. Feugiat eum ea ipsum et accusam. Amet eleifend elitr et amet et dolores nonumy dolor vel no zzril vulputate lorem sanctus takimata elitr eum blandit. Eirmod molestie sit gubergren rebum ex nonumy accusam dolores accusam et amet. Stet hendrerit invidunt ut illum placerat sanctus no nam sed accusam dolores. Duo est ipsum eirmod sed aliquip autem consectetuer ea elitr et illum no duis erat nulla. Sadipscing enim enim amet vero. Eirmod clita kasd nonumy.
Option clita clita sadipscing sed et labore justo sanctus rebum consequat kasd tempor nihil amet. Vero erat sea diam stet elit labore at dolore sed sed no ea lorem eu rebum sit et. Rebum eirmod esse magna blandit amet iriure facilisis stet rebum et sed autem ad. Clita ut ea ut. Ea nonumy invidunt accusam tempor.
Sample Output H4
Esse et ipsum et enim esse dolor ipsum ipsum. Sanctus vero dolore dolores lorem velit kasd justo labore ea. Duo at accusam dolor praesent. Justo tempor dolor eos consetetur euismod justo eos et gubergren veniam blandit. Dolore voluptua consetetur nibh ut sed dolore duo kasd.
Duo lorem vero stet diam ea lorem tincidunt clita est diam dolore sit vero augue. Eos consetetur labore sed duo tempor magna soluta justo vero ipsum. Et amet ea suscipit aliquyam vero magna sed. Nisl cum dignissim kasd tempor est vel est consetetur sadipscing. Est vero lorem vero dolore amet diam illum et facer sadipscing rebum et eu ipsum. Accumsan lorem ipsum at elitr nisl sea tation no eu praesent illum duis. Ipsum at dolor quis dolor stet sit.
Sample Output H3
Vel invidunt et dolor ea at velit labore ex nonumy mazim accumsan sit sed duo sanctus et justo. Autem erat doming sed dolore sed sadipscing justo dolores facilisi adipiscing invidunt ut amet. Sit nonumy no nonumy sadipscing ipsum dignissim et duo elitr takimata no aliquyam et aliquyam invidunt ea consetetur. Quod duo at nibh dolor sed vulputate te tempor nonummy duo ipsum facilisi elitr gubergren nulla erat justo vero. Stet erat zzril feugiat. Eros et minim. Esse aliquyam eu sed amet takimata nonumy sadipscing nonummy sea sed labore nonumy et est lorem diam volutpat adipiscing. Consetetur amet et eirmod justo vulputate wisi. Nulla placerat sed sit sed ullamcorper lorem eirmod tempor clita lobortis.
Ea labore kasd sit iusto sed sit et nonumy delenit sadipscing et takimata ullamcorper et et. Eos sed gubergren in dolor nonumy dolore et. Nihil labore commodo clita erat no labore sit sed ea takimata laoreet delenit amet et gubergren justo. Et stet lorem. Vel dolores nibh eirmod rebum at luptatum justo amet erat aliquip stet exerci amet no dolores invidunt dolores et. Diam lobortis elit takimata sadipscing sed diam tincidunt diam stet lorem lorem nonumy nihil sea. Lorem takimata enim at labore no accusam sed accusam dolor esse at. Ipsum in elit minim stet diam tempor ut.
Sample Output H4
Velit ut vero. Dolore aliquyam dolore et ea tempor hendrerit clita erat ipsum sea takimata molestie dolor diam invidunt sed diam. Diam at est. Iusto eros consetetur dolore dolore ut kasd sed diam gubergren dolores eirmod ea eos imperdiet suscipit eirmod. Diam duis amet lobortis magna eleifend invidunt stet labore lorem sit justo et dolores duis aliquyam in stet. Molestie ullamcorper sed dolores at. Vel justo stet et dolor minim ex sed sit vel nulla aliquyam ea tempor tincidunt velit et labore sed. Et at consectetuer veniam ut rebum elit. Odio lorem amet consetetur et vulputate.
Voluptua accusam tempor gubergren sit invidunt tempor ea. Accumsan euismod diam clita ipsum lorem. Iriure gubergren erat labore justo stet sed amet erat diam et quis exerci stet ea consetetur gubergren sit. Amet dolor aliquyam justo volutpat et lorem et consetetur nisl accusam in iusto duis duo labore. Amet sadipscing ad ut. Molestie feugiat amet ipsum dolor sanctus diam vero justo dolores. Duo ipsum sit magna sed duis sed ipsum nihil sit veniam takimata sed sit kasd at. No ipsum dolores ut erat aliquam kasd labore. Aliquam aliquyam ipsum et et ut est. Justo gubergren eos invidunt qui elit ipsum delenit takimata ex sea magna. Nonumy duis illum consetetur et et amet sed nulla accusam ut eu ullamcorper sed dolor blandit facilisis voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Dolore et amet ea sanctus. Labore justo tempor et ea lorem sed dolor diam. Delenit nulla lorem sed lorem in aliquyam vulputate tempor lorem dolore suscipit magna sit tincidunt vero. Ut vel amet lorem lorem dolore autem tempor magna gubergren. Aliquyam dolore lorem clita tempor dolore. Sanctus voluptua dolor elit sanctus. Kasd dolore tation elitr at ut sed erat. Nibh feugait amet sed et et eros sed duis vero dolore nulla justo est consectetuer.
Nonumy voluptua laoreet est delenit invidunt esse et aliquam dolores eum. Eum et justo suscipit dolore at sed augue gubergren duis ullamcorper congue diam et kasd eos erat et. Et eos erat sed et et sit diam nulla sed sanctus tincidunt kasd et sed ipsum eos rebum. Eirmod rebum elitr lobortis sea velit. Eos sed clita nulla feugiat minim stet vero volutpat. Ipsum voluptua lorem et magna nihil et duo lorem sanctus sed ea molestie dolores assum gubergren gubergren sanctus rebum. Labore et ullamcorper stet commodo mazim molestie ea rebum duis nulla. Dolore kasd velit consequat kasd consequat ut invidunt dolore hendrerit est sit dolor nonummy in. Lorem accusam dolor.
More Sample Output H2
Et minim sed duis diam amet nam. Est eirmod quis gubergren dolore labore te at dolor duis magna ipsum sed diam consetetur illum et duis. Sit in dolore elitr quis eirmod consequat ut enim erat dolor et lorem consectetuer eirmod luptatum sit iriure. Ea mazim magna ut invidunt et dolor diam luptatum erat consequat dolor voluptua elitr et aliquip. Consetetur doming sit eirmod nisl te dolor et amet. Ipsum magna diam erat consetetur est autem dolor. Accusam lorem vel ut stet at vel aliquyam dolor vel.
Sed magna ad. Ut iriure invidunt clita dolor labore ipsum dolor nibh consetetur ipsum voluptua amet. Nonumy erat eos eros. Facer illum diam tempor vero iusto. Diam eu vero consectetuer et amet amet takimata. Gubergren kasd diam blandit invidunt sit elitr erat et dolore et aliquyam dolor duis. Est dolore kasd. Esse eu takimata. Diam dolores ad possim erat diam dolor dolore amet sadipscing dignissim erat sit. No clita velit kasd clita dolores ipsum dolor velit esse ut at elit. Labore et tempor.
Sample Output H3
Dolor et dolor nonumy magna erat labore sit autem assum et amet et eu esse tempor. Dolor diam invidunt diam aliquyam et delenit magna ex lorem nonumy stet. Diam vero erat dolore ipsum ut. In sadipscing dolore exerci vel volutpat dolore et ut ipsum tempor. Diam duis et diam et sit. At tempor vero vero voluptua sadipscing in et te sit et accusam et dolore ut kasd. Erat dolor eos augue sed dolore sit consequat gubergren magna et et sea ipsum gubergren lorem tation tation.
Wisi eos enim dolor consequat ut et lorem nonummy. Est clita ipsum gubergren magna placerat et eum laoreet eirmod sed clita lorem. Et dolore blandit ad kasd sed sed ea ea sed augue. Et elitr dolor cum stet. Justo ut lorem eirmod no ipsum dolores velit facilisis duo ut dolores facer lorem takimata eos no. Ipsum dolore tation ipsum. Sed sed tation ea vero accumsan veniam sit duo no magna elitr stet sadipscing ut in justo.
Sample Output H4
Amet diam erat eu. No amet kasd dolores rebum consequat elitr suscipit. Et no facer esse dolor tation vero kasd est dolores lobortis ullamcorper rebum sadipscing erat. Stet labore accusam eu sanctus stet sed ea. Vero et stet dolore dolore dolore dolores sed voluptua zzril ut augue amet velit nonumy dolor molestie et stet. Sit aliquyam diam magna no illum luptatum accusam voluptua no invidunt aliquyam accumsan illum sit et rebum congue. Delenit sanctus dolor invidunt sed facilisis amet augue luptatum dolore.
Erat et takimata takimata voluptua ut magna et consequat dignissim sit dolore. Delenit eirmod nonumy ut at molestie. Vero vero eos dolore augue minim erat accusam delenit sanctus sit eirmod nulla. Accusam duis eu vero ipsum dolores dolore voluptua. Consetetur gubergren tempor praesent adipiscing elitr sanctus stet sed no et erat ipsum duo facer clita stet sanctus. Accumsan elitr dignissim nulla hendrerit erat takimata velit sed. Assum dolore sit ipsum enim diam voluptua diam amet. Amet hendrerit diam accumsan sea hendrerit eu eirmod eum diam.
Sample Output H4
Erat eirmod invidunt consequat. Invidunt duis hendrerit vero vulputate ipsum odio iusto diam cum ipsum ipsum option ea invidunt. Gubergren molestie et. Amet amet ipsum enim accusam elitr magna facilisis autem takimata sit. Sit erat sed rebum at elitr ut gubergren. Ipsum aliquyam ut eos labore dolore stet aliquyam et justo molestie stet diam rebum ut no accusam tempor. Dolores rebum sea accusam sed velit tation magna vero est minim. Sea accusam no elitr justo dolor et invidunt gubergren justo dolor euismod eirmod feugait sadipscing laoreet amet velit eos. Est dolore elitr voluptua amet gubergren nostrud sit sit. Eirmod no nulla dolor erat magna aliquyam clita.
Justo duo adipiscing autem et ipsum et ad sadipscing magna consequat ea magna sea clita te dolor. Ipsum gubergren accumsan tincidunt eos et magna vulputate ut. Nulla clita kasd commodo. Dolore ut eirmod ut consetetur no ut vero sit ipsum wisi sea sit diam. Nonumy eirmod ea magna nonumy sanctus soluta amet consetetur. Blandit consequat stet aliquyam tempor duis justo vero voluptua. Suscipit at consetetur et velit eleifend et vero. Diam takimata kasd nostrud consequat ipsum sadipscing.
Sample Output H3
Sed ut autem justo consetetur dolor quis aliquyam. Ut gubergren eirmod doming volutpat vero sanctus gubergren stet consetetur amet facilisis nisl diam. No sit kasd. Eirmod elit magna sadipscing sanctus justo sit sed invidunt et magna dolor at. Magna lorem enim dolore magna suscipit illum dolore lorem volutpat et amet nonumy. Amet magna aliquyam sadipscing lobortis ut elitr et invidunt.
Voluptua dolore vel elitr feugait dolore rebum lorem amet gubergren sed et id justo sanctus. Vulputate diam dolore gubergren facilisis sit diam. Magna diam eirmod. Vel labore sea delenit nobis sit quod magna. Sanctus dolore in qui accusam. Sed lorem et cum vero congue sed ea dolore no sanctus volutpat et erat velit amet ipsum. Dolore eu ea dolor kasd accumsan sadipscing consetetur voluptua voluptua illum feugait sed. Invidunt kasd et sadipscing dolor erat duis clita et sit facilisis justo amet minim et erat. Kasd stet gubergren et gubergren at diam kasd suscipit gubergren stet eos aliquip et ut duo rebum magna. Dolore feugiat dolor ad facilisis gubergren stet autem id eirmod dolor imperdiet eos et sit. Sit dolor no stet invidunt eirmod zzril sea amet dolor.
Sample Output H4
Dolores duo et dolore ea sed tempor minim dolor. Ea sanctus wisi sea consequat justo amet rebum vulputate ipsum luptatum sadipscing clita accusam sanctus dolores no. Magna exerci est diam ipsum nulla lorem voluptua dolores dolores sea amet eirmod vero amet ea ea. Dolor dolor sanctus kasd stet elit clita vero dolore vero diam dolor tincidunt dolor ipsum consetetur. Nonumy gubergren in ipsum amet kasd takimata vero feugiat. Amet dolor feugiat lorem nihil nonumy dolor et delenit et hendrerit. Vero ea erat ipsum sed ipsum ea kasd no sadipscing diam.
Est sit labore ipsum sed ipsum est cum no amet rebum eos. Sea sit invidunt eos nonumy vero sadipscing stet ut aliquam vero dolor dignissim iusto elitr dolores dolore sit ad. Tation mazim sadipscing in et dolores. Duo sed et sit ea consetetur et. Justo euismod eum est laoreet volutpat consetetur et lobortis voluptua erat sed no sit vulputate. Nihil ut aliquip labore qui ipsum et gubergren eos praesent elitr accusam. Nonumy sadipscing nibh possim vel nonumy feugait ea dolore consetetur ea praesent ut est rebum exerci.
Sample Output H4
In eos justo tempor et velit ea facer et no invidunt et accusam. In amet erat dolores amet sea diam in. Ex stet et et. Aliquyam ad lorem autem labore ipsum. Dolor ut sit vero ipsum velit elitr vero sit facilisis nobis sanctus at. Magna consequat amet. Autem suscipit sit. Duo vero sit eirmod lorem gubergren volutpat sanctus et ipsum. Diam in ea dolores elitr lorem wisi ut blandit autem consequat magna. Hendrerit diam euismod sit in vero lorem ipsum nonummy et et sed erat labore vulputate eleifend euismod amet et. Justo et sit suscipit tempor dolor at aliquyam aliquam sit dolor.
Magna iriure no labore dignissim dolor vel vero. No vero lorem diam rebum sit consetetur ipsum sadipscing. Feugiat sed sit esse exerci dolores nonummy no duis vero dolor magna duo et esse ipsum esse. Feugiat lorem ipsum nostrud in amet wisi sadipscing feugait ipsum. Nostrud invidunt dolores justo sit aliquam autem vel kasd ut dolores consetetur tempor. Et et ad nonumy lorem. Dolores kasd dolor aliquam nonumy sit. Tempor aliquyam justo ea et aliquyam. Ut diam magna clita dolores sit sit sit duis sit stet kasd clita rebum eirmod vero ipsum diam amet. Dignissim augue et clita magna sit eos iriure est sed aliquyam tation diam. Accumsan labore amet sit sed.